In the course of my life I have very often been a prophet, and have usually been ridiculed for it. During the time of my struggle for power it was in the first instance only the Jewish race that received my prophecies with laughter when I said that I would one day take over the leadership of the State, and with it that of the whole nation, and that I would then among other things settle the Jewish problem. Their laughter was uproarious, but I think that for some time now they have been laughing on the other side of their face. Today I will once more be a prophet: if the international Jewish financiers in and outside Europe should succeed in plunging the nations once more into a world war, then the result will not be the Bolshevizing of the earth, and thus the victory of Jewry, but the annihilation of the Jewish race in Europe!
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Hitler threatens annihilation of Jewish people if they cause another world war, claiming prior ridicule.
- In plain terms
- If Jewish financiers cause a world war, Hitler predicts the destruction of Jews in Europe.
- What can you take from it?
- Watch for threats used to justify extreme measures against groups.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do leaders use prophecy to gain power?
- What are the effects of such threats?
Another view
This is an explicit threat of genocide used to incite fear and hatred.
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